Doratha
Williamson
formerly Lewis
Born in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Lewis
and Martha (Knight) Lewis
Sister of
John Lewis, Reuben Lewis, Martha (Lewis) Rolfe, James Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Joseph Lewis, Sarah (Lewis) Holloway, Mary (Lewis) Leonard, Abigail (Lewis) Frost [half], Bathsheba (Lewis) Benson [half], Benjamin Lewis [half] and Matthew Lewis [half]
Wife of
Abraham Williamson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
George Harry Williamson, Winant Williamson, Isaac Williamson, Martha (Williamson) Lewis, Sarah (Williamson) Lewis, Polly (Williamson) Ellsworth, John Lewis Williamson and Abraham Williamson
Died
at age 77
in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2016
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Biography
Dorothy was born on 17 Apr 1737 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut. She was the daughter of John Lewis and Martha Knight. She married Abraham Williamson.
There are three records that give alternate spellings of her first name.
1. Her birth record: Dorathoy
2. Her father's will: Dorithea
3. Her gravestone: Doratha
Sources
- Lewis, Charles H., John Lewis of Berkshire, Vermont, Heritage Book, 2008, p. 41.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F771-J4F : 3 December 2014), Dorathoy Lewes, 30 Dec 1739; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKN-Y1PK : 11 July 2016), Doratha Lewis Williamson, 1817; Burial, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, United States of America, Fair Cemetery; citing record ID 38648309, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Doratha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Doratha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Doratha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Doratha:
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~0.78%
Kary (Blasczienski) Calabro
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jim Howard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jimandjen_howard
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~0.39%
Sharon Koets :
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